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August 2017
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Press Release
UNAMI Office of Electoral Assistance calls on the Expert Committee of the Council of Representatives to ensure adequate women representation in the Next IHEC Board of Commissioners

Baghdad, 9 August 2017 – The Office of Electoral Assistance at the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) urged the Expert Committee of the Council of Representatives that is handling the selection process for the next Board of Commissioners of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) to ensure adequate representation of women in the next IHEC Board of Commissioners.

August 2017
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Press Release
Trainings for Baghdad, Erbil Government Officials on addressing issue of Sexual Violence in Conflict

Baghdad/Erbil, 03 August 2017 – As part of strengthening the capacity of Iraqi state institutions to address the issue of sexual violence in conflict, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), in collaboration with the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sexual Violence in Conflict and with the support of UN Agencies, concluded trainings on sexual violence in conflict for government officials in Baghdad and Erbil.

July 2017
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Press Release
Women’s Participation in Iraq’s National Reconciliation Process Paramount

Baghdad, Iraq, 21 July 2017 – The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), in collaboration with UN Women and the Government of Iraq National Reconciliation Committee, Office of the Prime Minister’s Women and Gender Affairs Department, jointly organised a consultative meeting with senior women leaders, former ministers, former members of parliament and former advisors to discuss the participation of women in Iraq’s National Reconciliation process.

December 2022
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Press Release
UNAMI conference on youth engagement highlights the youth’s important role in Iraq’s future

Baghdad, 14 December 2022 - A project to showcase the ideas and creativity of Iraqi youth and how they can contribute to their country’s future concluded in Baghdad on 13 December in a national conference that brought together more than 35 young women and men from across Iraq, officials from government and parliament as well as the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).

December 2022
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Press Release
FAO launches the SIDA funded project, Enhanced Climate Resilience of vulnerable agriculture households in Southern Iraq

Najaf, 15 December 2022 - Under the patronage of the Minister of Agriculture, H.E Abbas JabrAl-Aliawi, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Iraq launched in Najaf the project “Enhanced Climate Resilience of vulnerable agriculture households in Southern Iraq” funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).